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In 2007, surgeons found a ten-pound hairball inside the stomach of a teenager—yet another reason not to groom your cat with your tongue.

IN THE KNOW

Pica: a disorder in which the sufferer has a craving for things that are inedible. Some specific examples:

• Xylophagia—eating wooden toothpicks

• Geophagia—eating clay or dirt

• Amylophagia—eating laundry starch and paste